LONDON Britain finally cleared Rupert Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the European pay-TV prize.

LONDON Britain finally cleared Rupert Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the European pay-TV prize.

LONDON, July 12 Britain finally cleared Rupert
Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final
obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch's Twenty-First
Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the
European pay-TV prize.

LONDON, July 11 Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century
Fox said it had secured a deal to buy Britain's Sky
after it increased its offer to 24.5 billion pounds on
Wednesday, gaining the upper hand in its battle with rival
bidder Comcast.

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is preparing a new bid for Sky Plc that values it at about 25 billion pounds ($33.14 billion) to top the offer it has received from Comcast Corp , the Financial Times reported on Monday.

July 9 Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is
preparing a new bid for Sky Plc that values it at about
25 billion pounds ($33.14 billion) to top the offer it has
received from Comcast Corp, the Financial Times
reported on Monday.

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